Historic: Lucky Dube was called back onto stage to perform again, first in Reggae Sunsplash history

Lucky Dube is the first artist in Reggae Sunsplash History to be called back to the stage and perform again by public demand.

Live in Jamaica 1991, Lucky Dube stunned the world by an electric performance of Roots Reggae sound they had never heard and was invited back to stage for an extra 25 minute long encore.


“He was something out of this world,” Ronnie Burke the director of the show told The Jamaican Observer as he recalled of the night.

“We took a chance on him; we liked his music but we had never seen him perform before,” If I were to look back at the 18/19 years of Reggae Sunsplash I'd say he was one of the most outstanding performers we ever had.

He was so powerful that even our staff ran to the front of the stage to watch him,” His music was real, authentic reggae, he sounded like Peter Tosh.”

“We've had outstanding performers like Bob Marley, Steel Pulse and Third World but Lucky Dube's performance was unlike anything we'd ever seen.”